The Election Commission on Friday sent ballot papers to returning officers under tight security of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Rab and police.
Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz said the commission has already sent electoral equipment to field levels.
A letter issued on Thursday signed by EC Deputy Secretary Mohammad Shahjahan Khan asked the authorities concerned to provide ballot papers.
In the letter the commission asked returning officers and district election officers to receive the ballot papers, laptops and software in 146 parliamentary constituencies. The commission also asked returning officers to take police security to transport the ballot papers. The EC has sent letters to home ministry, police, BGB and Rab to give security when transporting the ballot papers, EC officials said.
EC officials said 386 candidates were contesting in 146 parliamentary constituencies and 154 lone candidates were set to be elected unopposed. The commission has printed 43,686,041 ballot papers for 146 constituencies and an additional 1,000 for each constituency.
The commission also issued a circular signed by EC Deputy Secretary Mihir Sarwar Morshed about collecting ballot papers.
The EC also sent a letter to the Armed Forces Division to keep helicopters for the transportation of the chief election commissioner, election commissioners and high officials of EC on January 1.
